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CrashCourse: Big History
In 10 episodes John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about, well, everything. It’s Big History! This course will take you on a whirlwind journey from the creation to the death of the universe and is based on the Big History Project (https://www.bighistoryproject.com/about) social studies curriculum. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

*Integrate physics, math, history, and more to tell a single story about people, civilizations, and how we are connected to everything around us
*Zoom out to pose and refine scientific and historical questions
*Contextualize the tremendous scale of existence
*Outline the most powerful and important breakthroughs
*Evaluate how we know what we know and why we’re sure we know it

Storied: Monstrum
Join Emily Zarka, Ph.D. on a journey to discover humans’ unique drive to create and shape monster mythology through oral storytelling, literature and film.
Storied: Fate & Fabled
Dig into the stories and characters of mythologies, both ancient and modern, from all around the world with Dr. Moiya McTier & Dr. Emily Zarka.

CrashCourse: Big History 2
In 6 episodes, Emily Graslie continues telling you the story of “life, the universe, and everything” in Big History 2! This course challenges you to ask “why this stuff matters” and is based on the Big History Project social studies curriculum. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

•Integrate physics, math, history, and more to tell a single story about people, civilizations, and how we are connected to everything around us
•Zoom out to pose and refine scientific and historical questions
•Outline the most powerful and important breakthroughs
•Evaluate how we know what we know and why we’re sure we know it
•Relate topics in Big History to contemporary humans and describe why they matter in our daily lives

Overly Sarcastic Productions: Trope Talks! (2016-09-02 21:03:33.555139 +0000 UTC)

CrashCourse: US History
In 48 episodes, John Green will teach you the history of the United States of America! This course is based off of the 2013 AP US History curriculum. By the end of the course, you will be able to:

* Identify the context and causes of historical developments throughout recorded US history
* Explain the similarities and differences between historical developments
* Understand the complexity of the American and national identity and values
* Describe how social structures, politics, power, and culture influence each other and historical developments
* Contextualize and complicate the common narratives of US history that explain the present

CrashCourse: Literature 1
In 8 episodes, John Green dives into literature! The analyses and books chosen in this course are based on introductory college-level curriculum and the AP Literature guidelines. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

*Use characters and setting to explore a range of values, beliefs, assumptions, biases, and cultural norms
*Discuss the role of the narrator and how their perspective affects how readers experience and interpret a text
*Recognize comparisons, representations, and associations that invite readers to interpret a text
*Explain the function of significant events in a plot, as well as the contributions of structure, sequence, contrast, and conflict
*Employ different lenses and focal points to read a text multiple ways and recognize the glorious ambiguity of literature
*Discuss how different texts employ time as a theme

CrashCourse: Religions
John Green teaches you about Religions!

CrashCourse: World Mythology
In 41 episodes, Mike Rugnetta will teach you world mythology! This course is based on introductory college-level curriculum spanning mythologies around the globe. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

*Define myth and decide what elements distinguish it from other narrative forms
*Connect myths around the world and identify how different cultures sought answers to similar big questions
*Use myths to understand past civilizations, like by recognizing their core values
*Identify how the staying power of myths influence our beliefs and cultures today, like in our language

Storied: Otherwords
Sociolinguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky fınds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted.

CrashCourse: World History
In 42 episodes, John Green will begin teaching you the history of the world! This course is based on the 2012 AP World History curriculum, from growing the first crops in the First Agricultural Revolution to global textile production in the 2010s. By the end of the course, you will be able to:

*Identify and explain historical developments and processes
*Analyze the context of historical events, developments, and processes and explain how they are situated within a broader historical context
*Explain the importance of point of view, historical situation, and audience of a source
*Analyze patterns and connections among historical developments and processes, both laterally and chronologically through history
*Be a more informed citizen of the world

CrashCourse: World History 2
In 30 episodes, John Green rethinks world history! In round two we take a different approach and try to think more thematically rather than chronologically. By the end of the course, you will be able to:

*Think about history thematically and in terms of systems, not just important events
*Analyze the context of historical events, developments, and processes and explain how they are situated within a broader historical context
*Explain the importance of point of view, historical situation, and audience of a source
*Question how what we think of as “history,” how it is written, and what biases are at play in a work

CrashCourse: Geography
Welcome to Crash Course Geography hosted by Alizé Carrère! This 50-episode course will be split into two parts. In the first half, we will focus on physical geography or the processes and phenomena of the physical world both above and below the Earth's surface. We'll ask questions like, "why is the seafloor so young when the Earth is so old?" or try to identify why winds and ocean currents are so important to life on Earth. Then we'll turn our focus to human geography and explore the ways people occupy the Earth's surface. Like how we've moved, settled, and used the land, resources, and space. Join us as we tell the story of the Earth.

CrashCourse: Philosophy
In 46 episodes, Hank Green will teach you philosophy! This course is based on an introductory Western philosophy college level curriculum. By the end of the course, you will be able to:

* Examine topics like the self, ethics, religion, language, art, death, politics, and knowledge through a philosophical perspective
* Craft arguments, apply deductive and inductive reasoning, and identify fallacies
* Understand the perspectives and major theories proposed by various philosophers throughout history
* Apply philosophical ideas to ethical questions in modern society
* Consider your personal values and approach to life

Hank Green (2009-11-07 08:55:35 +0000 UTC)